Summary Information

In 2018, there were 340 shootings that occurred in the United States. In each of these events, there were never any instances where there were no casualties or injuries. In 2018 alone, 373 lives were lost due to these shootings and 1347 were injured. Chicago city was the most impacted in terms of the amount of times there were shootings in this location. Illinois was the most impacted state in 2018. (Source: gunviolencearchive.org)

Summary Table

state Total Killed Total Injured Fatality Rate
Alabama 12 55 0.1791045
Arizona 4 5 0.4444444
Arkansas 7 17 0.2916667
California 50 136 0.2688172
Colorado 9 27 0.2500000
Connecticut 0 8 0.0000000
Delaware 5 0 1.0000000
District of Columbia 2 23 0.0800000
Florida 48 132 0.2666667
Georgia 3 33 0.0833333
Illinois 21 150 0.1228070
Indiana 10 27 0.2702703
Kansas 1 11 0.0833333
Kentucky 7 25 0.2187500
Louisiana 15 50 0.2307692
Maryland 13 31 0.2954545
Massachusetts 0 4 0.0000000
Michigan 10 28 0.2631579
Minnesota 1 14 0.0666667
Mississippi 1 17 0.0555556
Missouri 12 52 0.1875000
Nebraska 1 16 0.0588235
Nevada 3 15 0.1666667
New Jersey 4 54 0.0689655
New Mexico 5 4 0.5555556
New York 5 53 0.0862069
North Carolina 14 37 0.2745098
Ohio 13 46 0.2203390
Oklahoma 2 19 0.0952381
Pennsylvania 35 63 0.3571429
South Carolina 5 19 0.2083333
Tennessee 19 68 0.2183908
Texas 29 62 0.3186813
Utah 0 4 0.0000000
Virginia 2 17 0.1052632
Washington 4 9 0.3076923
Wisconsin 1 16 0.0588235

This table portrays the total amount of people killed and injured by shootings in each State that was affected in the year 2018. Through this visual, Delaware was the most notable state with a 1.0 fatality rate, however it was not the highest death rate. California had a drastic amount of people that were injured and killed in 2018 compared to other states.

Description of Particular Event

A particular event that was local to the University of Washington was the shooting in Seattle (Skyway), Washington. This occurred on April 29, 2018. The total impact was 4 people, where 2 were injured and 2 were killed. Seattle Times Report

date state city address num_killed num_injured lat long
April 29, 2018 Washington Seattle (Skyway) 12603 Renton Ave S 2 2 47.49242 -122.2391

Interactive Map

From this interactive map, we can determine that over half of shootings within the U.S. occured in the East. Correspondingly, there is virtually no incidences of shootings in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota.

Plot

With this plot, the question that is aimed to be answered is what the fatality rate was for each state during 2018. A column layout was the most valid method to answer this question because we are dealing with one nominal variable (states) and one categorical variable (fatality rate).

This plot describes what the rate of death (during a shooting event) was in any particular state during 2018. The calculation would be as follows: death/(death + injury) to get the rate. From this plot, Delaware was the only state that had a 100% death rate (where there were 5 deaths and 0 injured). Utah, Massachusetts, and Conneticut had a death rate of 0% (where there were 4 injured in both Utah and Massachusetts, and 8 injured in Conneticut).